1.0 on January 16, 2018

DIY is a different kind of View layout: the purpose is to allow designers and developers the most flexibility.

The goals of the layout are to:

Reduce the amount of PHP programming needed

Configure your View outside of the Custom Content field

Maintain the visual nature of GravityView field layouts

Add tons of flexibility to layouts

Make it easy to wrap fields in different HTML tags

Customize using CSS as much as you want, without more code than is necessary

Provide developers & designers a template with less opinionated markup

DIY allows you to use your own CSS and HTML structure, without needing to modify template files.

DIY Layout includes no CSS—use your own to craft your masterpiece!

With GravityView’s default List and Table layouts, you can create amazing designs using just your Gravity Forms entry data. But the List layout is opinionated: we created a layout that would work well for most needs, not all needs. DIY Layout is the layout for the rest of your needs.

You will want DIY Layout if you:

Want more flexibility than the List layout

Find yourself using Custom Content fields a lot

Modify field content with filters or actions

Have ever overridden GravityView field templates

Want to modify the HTML tag that wraps field content

DIY Layout adds three new settings for fields in GravityView: Before Output, Container Tags, and After Output.

Before Output: Add HTML, shortcodes, and Merge Tags that will appear before the field content, but inside the Container Tag.

Container Tag: Choose which HTML tag wraps the field

After Output: Same as Before Output, but this appears after the field content